MILITARY CADETS
TRAINING AT DUNTROON TE AWAMUTU LAD CHOSEN (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, FridayFour secondary school cadets to be sent by the Government to train at the Royal Military College of Australia. Duntroon. to qualify for commissions in the New Zealand regular forces, will leavo Auckland for Sydney by the Awatea on February 23. The cadets are:—R. Donaldson, a pupil of the Te Awamutu District High School, son of Mr G. Donaldson, of Allen’s Road, Kihikihi; G. E. L. Dawson, a pupil of Rongotai College, Wellington, a son of Sergeant-Major L. G. Dawson, at present stationed at Fort Dorset; L. F. Brocker, a pupil of the Rotorua High School, son of Mr S. C. Brooker, of Pererika Street, Rotorua; and R. G. A. Farnell, a pupil of New Plymouth Boys’ High School, son of Mr W. J. A. Farnell, of Walwaka Terrace, New Plymouth. The Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones, said to-day that the four boys would undergo a four years’ course of training at Duntroon. They were of a fine stamp. During their high school careers each had established a high efficiency in their respective cadet corps.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20422, 12 February 1938, Page 9
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